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Lyme disease  

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  • Lyme disease, as termed in the United States, or Lyme borreliosis as it is known in Europe and Asia, describes an infection of the Borrelia strain of bacteria. The primary symptoms, encompassing skin, heart, neurologic, and joint abnormalities, were first linked to the Ixodes tick in the early 1980s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Lyme Disease]

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